How a composer’s life can be a template for the West Handel statue (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) Although he wrote it for Easter, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is a December fixture in concert halls across the country. According to legend, King George II was so moved during the Hallelujah chorus that he leapt to his feet,
SOUTHERN ISRAEL—On December 11, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down NASDAQ’s diversity rules for corporate boards. The rules, which had been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), required boards to have at least one member who identifies as a minority or LGBTQ. The decision was another high-profile victory for Edward Blum,
Noting VOA’s Cold War mission to fight communism, she said she’d like a investigative unit dedicated to probing the CCP and Beijing’s transnational corruption. Kari Lake has described how she intends to reshape Voice of America (VOA), committing to unbiased, editorially independent coverage while reiterating her loyalty to President-elect Donald Trump. Trump tapped her earlier
Christmas burns. It’s an inferno that would consume the entire world, if it could: a riot of color and fantastical shapes, like the ballerinas of flame that dance in a fireplace. Just a flicker that starts around November to lick at the season’s kindling, building to a blaze by early December, and roaring up into
Update, 12:45 a.m. Saturday: The U.S. government avoided a prolonged government shutdown after the Senate approved a funding bill in the early morning hours Saturday, sending it to President Biden’s desk for his signature. The Senate approval came after the House on Friday night overwhelmingly approved the measure as well, just ahead of the midnight deadline. As the
Washington — The Senate early Saturday morning overwhelmingly approved a bill to avert a prolonged government shutdown, just hours after the House passed the measure with wide bipartisan support. The Senate vote came just after the Friday midnight deadline that would have marked the beginning of the shutdown. The Senate vote shortly after 12:30 a.m.
The bill heads to Biden’s desk. It includes $110 billion in disaster aid, $30 billion in farm aid, and extends the farm bill for one year. WASHINGTON—Both chambers of Congress on Dec. 21 passed a last-minute funding package that would extend government funding to March 14, sending it to President Joe Biden’s desk. The legislation,